The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-04-22

The Monroe County Auditors Of
dec Con test.
Probably one 81 the most Important
election contests In Indiana vas tried q
P>oii. laes week. 10 the Circuit Court.
before Judxe ID n. Alspsugh. az Wash-
ington county. Sc Special Judge. LEI
y m IN me end detersnine many ehfnes|
~ The present Law now IN doubt. ~
correspondent gives The following &C.
count:
The contest over this lucrative ofIlcs Y
between Major SlIas Grimes. plaintiff
(Republicanl and Sivn,on Pedigo, DE-
PENDANT (Dsmocrat), with IN uncommon
Nv brilliant array ~ counsel on both
siiss. both foreign and local. and, - :
matter Of course. has been hotly waged
throughout.
Al the election lsst November the
election BOARD Of Ca"v>ssers Of the ~
vio,> townships Of Monroe county gave
che Office Of Andifor,to Mr.. Pedigo BY .
msjorlty OF - voice A subsequent re-
count legnn by Major Grimes. under
recent sfatutes. before Board Of Com
,ni-s;nners Ia majority 81 whom were
~ The Majors p0lisissi tsiih) appointed
by the Judge Of the Circuit, gave the Of
nee 10 Grin,es BY majority OF Z votes,
! change of47 votes Ia the county. From
this decision Mr.. Pedigo. BY his attor-
news. Nessrs. Bnskirk. Edwin Carr and
r. Williams. of Bloomington. appealed
10 the Circuit Court. Msjor Grimes IT.
tornevs took change Of venue. and the
regular Judge, E ID. Pearson. Of Bed
1ord. sent the case 10 Lawrence county
for trial. But AZ Bedford. in the Law
renee Circuii Court. defendants counsel
took Change Of venue and brought il
here. Amer the case came here defend
ant employed Judge Milton 5. MavIty
1.-THE Democrats Circuit Prosecut0r) and
che Hon. VIM Farrell, Republican Of
this bar. 10 assist 10 presenting fedigos
cause in it, best light before Judge D.
vid n. Alspaugh, Of Salem, before when
Messrs- Rogers, Henley ana Londen, o.
Bloomington. and Col. Wm- Troop, Of
this cits. are prosecuting the cause -
plaintiffs. owing To tne issuance ny the
Secretary OF State heretofore Of the con-
mission for said ONCE to Mr.. Pedigo.
Interest IN this case IL every where
manifested in Central and Southern In
diana, Is Il IL the first case which hae
arisen under the new election laws touch
ing recounss. During the trial many
new and interesting Law points have
come up for argument and judicial deci-
sion. and all have been ably discussed
and il 10 believed by all, fairly decided
Among these questions we're whether
the Court ehould try she case, or let {
Jury intervene whether. after he bad
decided that jury could not legally Try
ID. the defendant might prove BY thu
election officers, Democrats and Repub'
Iicans. anything to show . contradiction
Of the returns and . fampering with the
ballots. and whether IN elecfor might tes-
tify that. cooking through the ballots, ht
failed 70 lind HE ballot; whether siu'
denss have = right to vote; whether tbt
154 dispositions Of electors might be read
showing their votes to have been fol
Pedig0 q said election; and whether
the Court ought himself to correct III
ballots. All Of these legal question:
were decided against defendant tn
Court, however. decided 10 count th
ballots. and Thursday morning he ~
pointed Maj John simpson and 20
Geo. w. Fawcett 10 keep taIlies, Will
he. the Court. read each vote Of All ID
townships in Monroe county at eli
election.
The count Of The court and the court
assistants. in open court, begun q 10
NJ. yesterday, aud eonclude0 shortly b
fore noon to-day, and resulted in givin
these v0tes:
Pedigo. (Dem.) l1s
Grimes, (Rep.) lse
Geo. w. Terry. (Prohibition,)
Levi Hanson, (NAsional,)
Majority fer Grimes, (Rep)-
Defen 1ant's council will appeal q
case to the Supreme Court just q scc
O. ID. O. Spencer, the olIicisI ssenograpl
e., shall make Transcript Of III u
evidence. The decision will, Of cours
be apt 10 be Endorsed BY RepublIcsI
aud criticised By Democrats.
There 10 one feature about the late
state commerce bill. says the Weste
Plowman, that looks just : little Iud
crous. Il prohibits railroads from iss
ing free passes except 70 their own e.
ployes. Now We are . much oppos